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CAS 0481-0009 | |
| Category | Accessories/Ornaments; Bead & Leatherwork | |
| Object Name | Belt | |
| Culture | Apache | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Arizona | |
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | ||
| Maker's Name | ||
| Date of Manufacture | mid 1900s | |
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Glass beads; String | |
| Description | Narrow loom beaded belt tapered to points at each end; Symmetrical design consists of a red background with white checkerboard diamonds and, towards the center, solid white diamonds with red centers and one with a black center; A white border encloses the entire band; Ends of belt are tipped in yellow. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 2.8, Thickness = 0.3, Length = 105.3 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 1988-0005-0019 |  |
| Category | Accessories/Ornaments; Bead & Leatherwork | |
| Object Name | Belt | |
| Culture | Blackfeet | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | unknown | |
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | unknown | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | early 1900s | |
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Leather; Metal: Brass; Iron | |
| Description | Wide leather belt decorated with a diamond pattern of brass tacks, long sides of belt are bordered in a double row of brass tacks; Long, narrow buckle strap is affixed to one end with tacks; Buckle is of iron; Collected by American artist Maynard Dixon (1875-1946) in 1917. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 7.4, Thickness = 1.3, Length = 127.0 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0276-0052 |  |
| Category | Accessories/Ornaments; Bead & Leatherwork | |
| Object Name | Belt | |
| Culture | Chokwe | |
| Global Region | Sub-Saharan Africa | |
| Country | Angola | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | ||
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | Cacolo region, northeastern Angola | |
| Maker's Name | ||
| Date of Manufacture | ||
| Collection Name | E.S. Ross | |
| Materials | ||
| Description | ||
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 9.0, Thickness = 0.4, Length = 28.0 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 1988-0005-0041 |  |
| Category | Accessories/Ornaments; Bead & Leatherwork | |
| Object Name | Belt | |
| Culture | Crow, Yakima | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | unknown | |
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | unknown | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | early 1900s | |
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Leather; Glass beads; Brass (metal) beads; Thread | |
| Description | Narrow leather belt edged in lazy stitch with lavender beads; Three repeated hour glass motifs in yellow, navy, light blue, red glass beads and brass beads are spaced evenly across belt; Unbeaded rawhide with punched triangles separate beaded sections; Holes punched at either end for buckle; Collected by American artist Maynard Dixon (1875-1946) prior to 1940. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 3.7, Thickness = 0.5, Length = 60.7 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-1297B |  |
| Category | Accessories/Ornaments; Bead & Leatherwork | |
| Object Name | Belt | |
| Culture | Hopi | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Arizona | |
| County | Navajo | |
| Other Geographic Data | Hopi Indian Reservation | |
| Maker's Name | Charles Loloma (?) (1921-1991) | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1960 | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Commercially tanned leather; Metal findings | |
| Description | Hand-tooled leather belt, made from commercial leather as companion piece to belt buckle CAS 0370-1297A; Terminal end of belt tapers abruptly to a triangular point and is punched through with 5 notches for the belt buckle; Buckle end of belt is doubled over and secured with 2 metal snaps that can be undone to attach the belt buckle; Design from belt buckle (cross-hatched diamond within terraced diamond shape) is repeated 5 times along length of belt, alternating with smaller panels of paired cloud motifs; Both design panels incorporate tan and rust brown colors; Belt is unsigned. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 3.2, Thickness = 1.4, Length = 14.2 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-1299B |  |
| Category | Accessories/Ornaments; Bead & Leatherwork | |
| Object Name | Belt | |
| Culture | Hopi | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Arizona | |
| County | Navajo | |
| Other Geographic Data | Hopi Indian Reservation; Second Mesa; Village: Shungopovi | |
| Maker's Name | Bernard Dawahoya (b. 1940s, active since 1956) | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1950 | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Leather; Metal: Brass | |
| Description | Narrow leather belt hand tooled with geometric design that includes rectilinear spiral, terraced triangle (kiva steps?), and cloud motifs; Overall motif is repeated in 5 complete panels and portions of the motif are repeated in 4 partial panels; Overall color of belt is light brown while the tooled designs are a deeper rust brown; Distal end of belt is slightly narrower than remainder and has 4 punched holes for belt buckle; Proximal end is folded over and held in place by 3 brass rivets; Hallmark of snow cloud (Bernard Dawakoya) is stamped on reverse of belt behind section that is folded over; Companion piece to belt buckle CAS 0370-1299A. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 3.2, Thickness = 1.4, Length = ca. 115.0 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 1991-0004-0012 |  |
| Category | Accessories/Ornaments; Bead & Leatherwork | |
| Object Name | Belt | |
| Culture | Loimi Akha | |
| Global Region | Southeast Asia | |
| Country | Thailand | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Chaing Rai | |
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | Village: Dag Akha | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1970s | |
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Cotton; Cowrie (Cypraeidae) shells; Glass beads; Metal Burmese coins | |
| Description | Wide belt made of band of hand woven red cotton fabric; entire front covered with cowrie shells arranged in columns and rows; short glass bead fringe with pendant coins decorate bottom edge; 3 larger coins at one end attach to string ties at opposite end. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 86.0, Thickness = 0.9, Length = 17.0 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0477-0047 |  |
| Category | Accessories/Ornaments; Bead & Leatherwork | |
| Object Name | Belt | |
| Culture | Micronesian | |
| Global Region | Oceania | |
| Country | Federated States of Micronesia | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Yap | |
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | Island: Fais or Woleai Atoll, Western Caroline Islands | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | 1976 | |
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Clam shell; Coconut shell (?); Sea turtle shell (tortoiseshell); Hibiscus fiber | |
| Description | Woman’s belt comprising nine side-by-side strands of white shell disk beads and dark brown coconut shell or turtle shell disk beads, all strung on hibiscus fiber cordage; Beads are strung in alternating brown and white blocks of color, separated by turtle shell spacer bars, to form geometric patterns; At each end, the hibiscus fibers on which the beads are strung become warp fibers and are woven in a twining technique using additional hibiscus fibers as the wefts, forming a small triangular area before the warp fibers are again recombined into three groups which are then braided together to form long end ties; Near the end of each tie, the fibers are tied off, leaving the remaining fibers as short fringe; According to original accession entry, this type of belt is worn for prestige and as a display of wealth. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 5.5, Thickness = 0.5, Length = ca. 154.0 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0497-0009 |  |
| Category | Accessories/Ornaments; Bead & Leatherwork | |
| Object Name | Belt | |
| Culture | Mohave | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | California, Arizona | |
| County | San Bernardino, CA, Mohave, AZ | |
| Other Geographic Data | unknown | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1900 | |
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Glass beads; String | |
| Description | ||
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 3.1, Thickness = 0.2, Length = 145.2 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-1300B |  |
| Category | Accessories/Ornaments; Bead & Leatherwork | |
| Object Name | Belt | |
| Culture | Navajo | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Arizona | |
| County | Pinal | |
| Other Geographic Data | City: Scottsdale | |
| Maker's Name | Ivan Kee (attributed) | |
| Date of Manufacture | 1948 | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Leather | |
| Description | Hand-tooled leather belt with repeating rectilinear scroll motif; Belt is companion piece to belt buckle CAS 0370-1300A by Kenneth Begay. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 2.3, Thickness = 1.0, Length = 112.0 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-0631 |  |
| Category | Accessories/Ornaments; Bead & Leatherwork | |
| Object Name | Belt | |
| Culture | unidentified Plains Indian | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | unknown | |
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | Plains area | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | mid 1900s | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Glass beads; String; Leather; Metal | |
| Description | Loom beaded belt with a geometric design containing red triangles bordered in light blue, teepees and arrows in red, light blue and yellow and small diamonds in red, dark blue and yellow; The buckle consists of a rosette of concentric circles containing inward pointing triangles and a central sunburst; Hide swatch affixed to buckle and end to which snaps have been affixed. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 5.5, Thickness = 0.6, Length = 90.2 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-0616 |  |
| Category | Accessories/Ornaments; Bead & Leatherwork | |
| Object Name | Belt | |
| Culture | unidentified Plains Indian | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | unknown | |
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | Plains area | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1930-1950 | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Glass beads; String; Leather; Metal snaps | |
| Description | Loom beaded belt; At the "buckle" is a piece of leather to which snaps have been affixed and another narrow band of leather through which to loop the belt; The other end is tapered to a point; The decoration, a white background and green geometric designs, consists of alternating motifs; The first is columns of stacked isosceles triangles; The other consists of a star-shaped pattern; The entire band is bordered in green. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 5.0, Thickness = 0.7, Length = 90.8 | |
| Catalog Number | CAS 0146-0007 |  |
| Category | Accessories/Ornaments; Bead & Leatherwork | |
| Object Name | Bonnet | |
| Culture | Dena’ina (Tanaina) | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Alaska | |
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | Cook Inlet area | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1880s to 1890s | |
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Caribou (?) hide; Glass beads, Sinew; Cotton string; Commercial paint | |
| Description | ||
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 46.5, Thickness = 0.6, Length = 64.5 |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 1992-0001-0028 |  |
| Category | Accessories/Ornaments; Bead & Leatherwork | |
| Object Name | Button | |
| Culture | unidentified Native American (New Mexico Indian) | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | New Mexico | |
| County | unknown | |
| Other Geographic Data | unknown | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ||
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Beads; Leather; Cardboard; Metal | |
| Description | Beaded button; Five point star pattern in blue beads on a red background, all on leather-wrapped cardboard core backing; Brass safety pin fastener. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Thickness = 0.6, Max Diam = 2.1 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-1794 |  |
| Category | Accessories/Ornaments; Bead & Leatherwork | |
| Object Name | Button | |
| Culture | unidentified Plains Indian | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Oklahoma (?) | |
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | Plains area | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | 1900s | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Glass beads; Leather; Thread | |
| Description | Beaded button net-stitched on leather backing; Star pattern in blue and white with blue border. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Thickness = 0.5, Max Diam = 2.0 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-1793A,B |  |
| Category | Accessories/Ornaments; Bead & Leatherwork | |
| Object Name | Buttons (2) | |
| Culture | unidentified Plains Indian | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Oklahoma (?) | |
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | Plains area | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | 1900s | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Glass beads; Leather; Thread | |
| Description | Pair of beaded buttons, net-stitched on leather backing; Star pattern in blue and white with red border. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Thickness = 0.6, Max Diam = 2.2 | |
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CAS 0370-1761A-D |  |
| Category | Accessories/Ornaments; Bead & Leatherwork | |
| Object Name | Buttons (4) | |
| Culture | Northwest Coast Indian | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Washington or Alaska (?) | |
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | unknown | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1940-1960 | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Leather | |
| Description | Set of 4 round, flat, leather buttons with pair of small round holes in center of each; Each has hand-tooled outlined image of large fish on one face, stained dark brown; Outer edge of buttons are also stained dark brown. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Thickness = 0.4, Max Diam = 3.6 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-1791A-F |  |
| Category | Accessories/Ornaments; Bead & Leatherwork | |
| Object Name | Buttons (6) | |
| Culture | Apache or Ute, probably | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Oklahoma (?) | |
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | unknown | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | 1900s | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Glass beads; Leather; Thread | |
| Description | Set of 6 beaded buttons, net-stitched on leather backing; Star pattern in blue and white. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Thickness = 0.6, Max Diam = 2.0 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-1792A-F |  |
| Category | Accessories/Ornaments; Bead & Leatherwork | |
| Object Name | Buttons (6) | |
| Culture | unidentified Plains Indian | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Oklahoma (?) | |
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | Plains area | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | 1900s | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Glass beads; Leather; Thread | |
| Description | Set of 6 beaded buttons, net-stitched on leather backing; Star pattern in blue and white. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Thickness = 0.4, Max Diam = 2.0 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0539-0007 |  |
| Category | Accessories/Ornaments; Bead & Leatherwork | |
| Object Name | Garter | |
| Culture | Ojibwe | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | unknown | |
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | Great Lakes region | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1890s | |
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Glass beads; Thread; Commercial cloth; Wool yarn | |
| Description | One of two identical garters (See CAS 0539-0008) consisting of a rectangular loom-woven beaded panel with linear geometric and floral designs in green, yellow, grape, and pale blue on clear background, with short ribbon bands and long red and black wool yarn fringes at each end. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 7.4, Thickness = 0.3, Length = 36.0 | |
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